Best Dressed 2018

Lakeith Stanfield Makes His Fashion Part of the Art

“Wear what you want to wear—it’s not a competition.”
T-shirt by Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello; headpiece by Eric Javits; scarf by Salvatore Ferragamo.

Photograph by Terry Tsiolis.

Lakeith Stanfield has come a long way since he first got his start in Hollywood, and so has his style. “I was just like, naked wolf boy,” he told Vanity Fair while recapping his sartorial past. “And now I’m like in-a-whole-bunch-of-Gucci wolf boy.”

While his access to the finer things in fashion might have changed, Stanfield is still willing to experiment on the red carpet. From wearing his mother’s leopard-print hat and Payless loafers to the L.A. Film Festival in 2013 to rocking a ski mask and studded leather jacket to the premiere of Atlanta: Robbin’ Season in 2018.

“I like to wear things that complement the art,” he said. “I just try to honor the process to the bitter end, or sometimes the sweet end. The art doesn’t stop when the movie stops. It’s just getting started.”

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